BANGOR — A 4-year old boy who was seriously injured in an ATV accident on Monday has died of his injuries, according to the Maine Warden Service. Tanner Morse of Searsport died at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor late Tuesday night, according to a news release from Cpl. John MacDonald. Morse was injured when […]
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King outpaces Summers in campaign donations in race for U.S. Senate seat
LEWISTON — U.S. Senate candidate Angus King continued to outpace his rivals in raising campaign cash, according to July reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. The reports show the former governor raised nearly four times the amount in donations as his closest cash competitor, Secretary of State Charlie Summers, the Republican candidate. King’s campaign […]
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2012 the hottest year to date in Northeast
The Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University reported Tuesday that the average temperature in the 12-state region was 49.9 degrees from January through July. That’s the warmest seven-month period since 1895, the year systematic record keeping began. While it makes for sweaty nights, not everybody’s complaining. “The heat is definitely a blessing for us […]
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Woman involved in Fairfield crash dies
FAIRFIELD (AP) — A 75-year-old Waterville woman involved in a car crash last month in Fairfield has died. Anne Gagnon’s daughter, Carol, told the Kennebec Journal that her mother was pronounced dead Sunday. Police saidAnne Gagnon drove into the path of a truck on July 26 at the Nye’s Corner intersection. They said she stopped […]
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Biddeford man facing gun charges to undergo psychiatric exam
ALFRED (AP) — A Maine man authorities said had an assault rifle, a shotgun and four handguns as well as newspaper clippings about the fatal theater shootings in Colorado in his car when he was stopped for driving 112 miles per hour has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. A state judge on Tuesday […]
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Fort Fairfield man pleads guilty to porn charge
BANGOR (AP) — A Fort Fairfield man who worked with an Aroostook County afterschool program has pleaded guilty to child pornography possession charges. Jake Rogeski was held without bail pending his sentencing after entering his plea Tuesday in federal court in Bangor. He faces up to 10 years in prison at yet to be scheduled […]
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Missing sailor on Casco Bay found safe
BOSTON (AP) — A Maine man reported missing by his wife after he did not return from a sailing trip on Casco Bay has been located. The Coast Guard says 79-year-old Albert Kelsey was spotted early Wednesday morning. His 20-foot vessel had apparently run aground at low tide and got stuck in the mud. He […]
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Poland home destroyed by fire
POLAND — A home on North Raymond Road was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning while the renters were away. Firefighters responded to a fire at 329 North Raymond Road just after midnight, according to Poland Fire Chief Mark Bosse. The property is owned by William and Ivy Brown of Poland, according to municipal property […]
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Casco woman sues for auditor’s info
PORTLAND — A Casco resident seeking town auditing documents argued her case before a judge Wednesday. Jeannine Lauber Oren represented herself at a nearly three-hour trial against the town, the town manager and members of the Casco Board of Selectmen. At the end of the trial, a judge took the case under advisement. Oren was […]
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Improved security gate planned at shipyard
KITTERY (AP) — The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is getting an improved security gate. The $6.2 million project at the shipyard in Kittery will upgrade the second of two gates. It will have three inbound lanes, including one for trucks, two outbound lanes and a much larger guard booth. The current gate only has two lanes […]